Volume 75
Public Law 87–142
To amend section 3579, title 10, United States Code, to provide that commissioned officers of the Medical Service Corps may exercise command outside the Army Medical Service when directed by proper authority.
Approved August 17, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 3579, title 10, United States Code, to provide that commissioned officers of the Medical Service Corps may exercise command outside the Army Medical Service when directed by proper authority.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 3579 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
by striking the word “A” at the beginning of subsection (a) and inserting the words “Except as provided in subsection (c), a” in place thereof; and
by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
“(c) An officer of the Medical Service Corps may exercise command of troops that are not part of the Army Medical Service whenever authorized by the Secretary of the Army. The Secretary of the Army may delegate such authority to appropriate commanders as the interest of the Army may require.”
Approved August 17, 1961.